Oregon · Nonprofit
OREGON LAW FOUNDATION
OREGON LAW FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $186,314 to it, the largest being The Pew Charitable Trusts ($154,563). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $186k
- Net assets
- $16M
What Oregon Law Foundation does
Mission
The Oregon Law Foundation builds a fairer legal system and supports justice for all in oregon by:-ensuring access to civil legal help for people with low incomes, or who experience other systemic barriers;-promoting the accessibility of legal education and legal professions to all; and-educating the public about the law and the legal system.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The Oregon Law Foundation awarded approximately $2.6 million in grants to strengthen oregon's civil legal system. Funds supported the delivery of civil legal help to oregonians, promoted the accessibility of legal education to all oregonians, and promoted public understanding of the law and the legal system. The foundation collaborated with financial institutions through its leadership banker advisory committee, conducted outreach to lawyers about iolta, and participated in national initiatives through the national association of iolta programs. It also continued research on consumer debt litigation in partnership with the oregon judicial department. The foundation's goal is a legal system that people can trust - one that is fair, open, and serves all oregonians.
$3,083,759 spentof which $2,681,369 as grants$10,284,467 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,083,759.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $8.2M to $16M (+97%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 1% · 2020 2% · 2021 2% · 2023 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
1% of OREGON LAW FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (95% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
William Penn
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $5k → $3k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of OREGON LAW FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
OREGON LAW FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 99% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
OREGON LAW FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $151 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
OREGON LAW FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 254 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 254 crime & legal nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding OREGON LAW FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $55k on record.
- LIABITY EXPENDITURE-ATTORNEY SETTLEMENT$55k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like OREGON LAW FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OREGON LAW FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds OREGON LAW FOUNDATION?
- OREGON LAW FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $186,314 to it, the largest being The Pew Charitable Trusts ($154,563). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OREGON LAW FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $186,314 in grants to OREGON LAW FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OREGON LAW FOUNDATION?
- The Pew Charitable Trusts is the largest funder on record, with $154,563 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OREGON LAW FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing